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Emma Duncan
Mon, May 18, 2026 astatine 12:28 PM CDT 1 min read
Shares of Viking Holdings Ltd (NYSE:VIK) are 3.4% higher astatine $86.58, aft landing an upgrade to "overweight" from "equal weight" astatine Wells Fargo. The steadfast besides hiked its terms people to $109 from $79, citing robust concern fundamentals for the question concern. Citigroup besides hiked its terms people to $101 from $90.
VIK has been connected a teardrop up the charts, bucking caller travel assemblage concerns and tapping a grounds precocious of $92 past week. The equity saw a slew of bull notes successful response, with contiguous looking similar a continuation of the caller praise. Viking banal sports an awesome 77% year-over-year lead, but much gains could beryllium successful store, per a historical bull awesome that is present flashing.
VIK sports a 10-day put/call measurement ratio of 4.33 astatine the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Cboe Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) that stands higher than 92% of readings from the past year.
This marks the 4th clip successful the past 3 years that the equity's 10-day buy-to-open put/call ratio crossed implicit 1.0 and deed the 90th percentile. Per Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White, VIK was higher 1 period aboriginal 75% of the clip aft these signals with an mean 9.9% return. From its existent perch, a displacement of this magnitude would enactment Viking banal conscionable shy of $95 -- a caller grounds high.
Options look similar an charismatic way erstwhile weighing connected the stock's adjacent moves, per its Schaeffer's Volatility Index (SVI) of 44% that sits successful the lowest imaginable percentile of each different readings from the past year. In different words, near-term enactment traders are pricing successful comparatively debased volatility expectations.
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